Who:             State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey

                        Denise Ryan / National Parks Service

                        Ken Lynch / Department of Environmental Conservation

                        State Senator Jose M. Serrano, District 29

What:             Free State Park Access and Initiative to Transport New York City School Children to State Parks Outside City Limits

When:            12:00pm, Wednesday April 20

Where:           Fort Montgomery State Historic Site

                        690 Route 9W

                        Fort Montgomery, NY 10922

New York State in partnership with the National Parks Service will unveil a new program aimed at enhancing educational and recreational opportunities for school children and grow a new generation of environmental stewards. The program to be unveiled will center upon free park access for some families and new funding for New York City schools so that they may transport children to the great outdoors outside city limits.

Immediately following the brief program 75 fourth graders will participate in a ½ mile nature walk along the Hudson River to the Trailside Museum and Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park.

Directions: From NYC – One hour and ten minutes - Palisades Parkway north to U.S. 9W North, Fort Montgomery State Historic Site is on the right.